World News Update: Ferguson riots push Missouri government to start hiring black members

World News Update: Ferguson riots push Missouri government to start hiring black members

BALANCE? Missouri's lack of diversity in government and police force was heavily called into question [AP]

UNITED STATES: Three weeks after protests in Ferguson, Missouri, broke out over the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, state governor Jay Nixon has employed the only black member to his Cabinet as the public safety director.

Daniel Isom, who was previously police chief of St Louis was taken on after Nixon faced heavy criticism from public and other Cabinet members for the lack of diversity of department leaders and the state's severe response to the protestors.

ISRAEL: While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed a "great military and political" victory over Hamas after 50 days of fighting on the Gaza Strip, a poll by one of the country's newspapers says that the public is sceptical about Netanyahu's statements.

The poll by left-leaning paper Haaretz shows that 54% of those surveyed believe there's no clear winner in the war that killed 2,143 Palestinians, and 70 Israelis.

“Two women are facing charges after authorities said they drank their duty-free alcohol in a plane's toilet”

POLAND: Prime Minister Donald Tusk, has spurned the Ice Bucket Challenge but made a donation equivalent to $100 to the country's own Motor Neurone Disease charity.

CANADA: Two women are facing charges after authorities said they drank their duty-free alcohol in a plane's toilet, triggered the fire alarm with a cigarette and got into a fight with each other.

Lilia Ratmanski, 25, and Milana Muzikante, 26, forced the flight bound for Cuba to return to Toronto under a military escort and they both have been charged with smoking on board an aircraft and endangering its safety.

The Government's reduction of legal aid in UK courts has resulted in the number of violent incidents occurring in court increasing by more than a quarter, according to a Freedom of Information request.

A last-moment legal battle by the Badger Trust to stop a second year of "controlled shooting" of badgers has been overturned, despite complaints that the level of culling would not be enough to make an impact and is inhumane.

Prince Harry is to take part on the main stage of the Invictus games, playing wheelchair basketball in an exhibition match featuring Olympians Dame Kelly Holmes and Denise Lewis as well as musician Example and Zara Phillips.